Hiring a coach for a high school or college athletic program is never as simple as it may appear to those on the outside looking in. In the midst of NCAA sanctions and severe local scrutiny, the University of North Carolina has decided that a task force should be established to help create a better and more accountable hiring system.

John Adams, the NCAA's National Officiating Coordinator recently sent out a memo to Division I basketball referees imploring them to enforce sportsmanship rules. After attending a number of games in person and watching many others on television, Adams grew frustrated at seeing game officials fail to penalize players and coaches for what he saw as blatant violations of Rule 10, Section 5 of the NCAA college basketball rulebook.